Critical
Thinking Objectives

Below is a master list of the
critical thinking objectives for the various modules in the Litonline webs which support
the major competencies from the list of
competencies generated at the
2003 VCCS May Symposium on Commonwealth Courses. [The link gives
instructions for logging onto Blackboard.]

Competency
101 [Critical Thinking]: Apply critical thinking skills to support inferences and draw logical
conclusions based on textual features. Through
verbal response, the student will seek evidence in text, format,
language use, expository structures and arguments. After working
on the modules listed below, students should be able to meet the
following objectives:

Understanding
Poetry 2: Be willing (and with additional practice able)
to understand a poem by analyzing its imagery, sound
effects--including rhythm, rhyme, and repetition--and context in
history and the poet's life.

Understanding Fiction 3:
Determine how ideas, issues, and/or subjects developed in specific
short stories apply to your own life.